Your Next EdTech Decision, Made Simpler
We’ve all bought the tool first and gone looking for the reason second. The EdTech Decision Toolkit helps you flip that order: name the problem first, weigh every option the same way, and know a tool belongs before a single kid logs in. It’s free, and you can put it to work today.
Free to download. Print it, share it, and mark it up.
Four tools, one clear-headed decision
Four printable tools that carry you from the first gut check to the final sign-off. Hand them to your committee and start this week.
The Pre-Check
Five quick questions to run before you take a single demo, so you start with the problem, not the product.
The Weighted Scoring Rubric
Score every option against the same seven lenses, so one slick demo can’t outvote the whole team.
The Gate Checklist
The go or no-go checks that keep a weak tool from coasting forward on momentum.
The One-Page Decision Brief
A short, auditable record of what you chose and why, so the decision holds up later.
Two things this toolkit won’t let you skip
Most scorecards let a shiny feature set paper over a bad privacy policy, or a tool a student can’t use. This one won’t. Privacy and accessibility are pass or fail here. A tool can be strong everywhere else and still fail the moment it locks a kid out or mishandles their data.
PURPOSE BEFORE PRODUCT
EVIDENCE OVER HYPE
EQUITY AND PRIVACY BY DESIGN
Where the toolkit comes from
The toolkit comes out of PACES, a decision framework for instructional technology built for exactly these calls. Five phases, seven lenses, two gates you can’t skip. You don’t need to read the whole thing to use the toolkit. It’s here when you want to go deeper.
Mandy Froehlich
Director of Professional Learning
Teq
Where should we send it?
Drop your email and the toolkit lands in your inbox, ready to print.
More from the PACES library
We’re adding resources here as we build them. Start with the toolkit.
The EdTech
Decision Toolkit
Four printable tools for choosing edtech on purpose.
The full
PACES framework
The complete framework: every phase, gate, and lens, written for leaders.
The PACES
infographics
The lifecycle and the seven lenses, at a glance.
The email
mini-course
A short weekly series that helps you put the toolkit to work. Starts automatically when you signup.